Slow internet???

[artimrj]

Found this article linked at ts.com explaining some things we probably didnt know about. I have had several people complaining to me that the site was slow and took 15 minutes to load a page in. Read this...


http://gigaom.com/2013/06/17/having-pro ... e-verizon/


Lovely eh?

[CSX2057]

It takes a long time to load rw site for low band users, I had 6mbps before now I have charter 30mbps. Don't have any problem loading. I never though verizon would cause issues with their ip customers.

[bpetit]

Well its taking me sometimes 1-2 minutes to load a topic.

[artimrj]

Well its taking me sometimes 1-2 minutes to load a topic.

I get that everyday between 11 am and 1 pm. The lunch bunch is watching movies....

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

Bob, you host RWA and several other sites yourself, do you?

Do the server logs tell anything about performance breakdowns during certain times?

Overhere I never experience issues with rwa.com, but that could be due to the time difference as much as to the generally good network structure in the Netherlands, a small and densely populated country. No ISP offers dial-in services anymore, anybody is on broadband.

[artimrj]

Slows downs here are 11 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 6 pm. That's lunch time and after school/work times.

[Ericmopar]

Interesting article.
It isn't just that.
I was reading a few weeks ago, about an internet battle between some anti-malware company here in the U.S. and some malware spreading concern over in Europe. The malware company runs outfits like Zedo etc. I'm sure some of you are familiar with Zedo...
That internet battle on some days can also use up to 30% bandwidth!

[Ericmopar]

Slows downs here are 11 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 6 pm. That's lunch time and after school/work times.

Same here in Vegas. A Cox service guy told be it's the online gaming community. Games that involve team play via interweb.

[Chacal]

He's full of shiat.
Games use a small fraction of the bandwidth used for downloads of music and movies. Think Netflix and torrents.